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vit4 said:
You're the same as me - even though I only drive a manky Avensis atm I'll usually go to the very furthest corner, much to the chagrin of my girlfriend. However, if I saw a car such as yours (I'm assuming the ST!) up there, I would likely park next to it. Reason being, the owner clearly cares about it as much as I do. 
Although given my car I can see how that wouldn't be apparent 
I don't mind if someone wants to do that, the problem is it's hard to tell whether or not it was intentional Although given my car I can see how that wouldn't be apparent I suppose I'm lucky in that I don't need to park in "public" very often myself, and at work we have assigned spaces and the guy I park next to is such a nice guy I dare say he'd probably offer to pay for a full vehicle respray if he ever did so much as inflict the tiniest nick in one of my doors
I'm really anal about parking and it's only got worse since I've had my lease car. Saying that i'm nowhere near as bad as when i first got it. I'm still wary about where i leave it mind. Work's car parks and supermarket car parks are two of the worst IMO.
You can try anything in my experience but it's never guaranteed to prevent anything happening. Parking far away is not always possible and, as shown on here, there's always one that will still park next to you. There's also parking between 2 spaces . However, seeing how mad people go posting pictures of others doing it on social media scares me into thinking someone will go and damage my car on purpose. So can't win really.
Some people just don't understand and don't care about damaging other people's property, whether it's an accident or not and never do the right thing. The same people that don't put themselves in other people's shoes in the same situation. Also annoying that people seem to make their own assessment on others people's cars, usually based on age it seems, and just think that it's acceptable to damage them and not worry about it.
I don't care how cheap some cars are to buy they're still expensive in general to run and maintain!
You can try anything in my experience but it's never guaranteed to prevent anything happening. Parking far away is not always possible and, as shown on here, there's always one that will still park next to you. There's also parking between 2 spaces . However, seeing how mad people go posting pictures of others doing it on social media scares me into thinking someone will go and damage my car on purpose. So can't win really.
Some people just don't understand and don't care about damaging other people's property, whether it's an accident or not and never do the right thing. The same people that don't put themselves in other people's shoes in the same situation. Also annoying that people seem to make their own assessment on others people's cars, usually based on age it seems, and just think that it's acceptable to damage them and not worry about it.
I don't care how cheap some cars are to buy they're still expensive in general to run and maintain!
Blakewater said:
If it had been somewhere I was staying there might have been similar damage to the furniture, etc. A scrape down the side of my car from someone who couldn't judge a parking space cost me £300 to have put right.
If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts make for such depressing reading.
If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts
ds.Europa1 said:
Blakewater said:
If it had been somewhere I was staying there might have been similar damage to the furniture, etc. A scrape down the side of my car from someone who couldn't judge a parking space cost me £300 to have put right.
If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts make for such depressing reading.If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts
bigkeeko said:
It could have been worse. It could have been a right $hittr of a people carrier covered in dents and stickers and loaded with the benefits family with the fat kids in the back eating. Just a mobile skip to go with their house and garden that`s probably a riot too. That`s the kind of car you don`t want to see anywhere near yours.
That sounds like our Berlingo but we are nothing like that. In fact only last night I was mowing the lawn. You don't do that when you're on benefits!Sweeping generalisations are fun aren't they?
We have a beaten up old Mk4 Golf that my wife uses. After a long week of carefully driving my company car I find it a revelation! Park it wherever you want, anyone dings it and you wouldn't even notice. You can usually get a space in the multistorey easily as there is a few spaces with a pillar on either side that tight enough to make people scared to park in them. Squeeze the golf in, lift the kids out through the boot, bingo!
3xpendable said:
Devil2575 said:
Ah, I though that must be it, it's all done by people on benefits!
Did I say 'all'? In mine and my family's experience, those types are a considerable proportion yes but I never said all. My post was more to highlight the "I don't care2 attitude of many people, most of whom haven't had to work and pay for things.BL Fanboy said:
That sounds like our Berlingo but we are nothing like that. In fact only last night I was mowing the lawn. You don't do that when you're on benefits!
Sweeping generalisations are fun aren't they?
Generalisations are a natural cognitive process. They help eliminate risk and are a starting point for making an informed decision. Your family and background might not be anything like what I suggested, so no offence but a lot are. Oh, and talking of generalisations some people on benefits do mow their lawn. Sweeping generalisations are fun aren't they?
bigkeeko said:
Generalisations are a natural cognitive process. They help eliminate risk and are a starting point for making an informed decision. Your family and background might not be anything like what I suggested, so no offence but a lot are. Oh, and talking of generalisations some people on benefits do mow their lawn.
There's an element to what you say, but I would suggest that a lot of people use generalisations to make themselves feel superior. "Look at them heffers in the beaten up old Picasso with the urinating football supporter sticker"Re the lawn thing - I was being sarcastic about generalisation.
bigkeeko said:
BL Fanboy said:
That sounds like our Berlingo but we are nothing like that. In fact only last night I was mowing the lawn. You don't do that when you're on benefits!
Sweeping generalisations are fun aren't they?
Generalisations are a natural cognitive process. They help eliminate risk and are a starting point for making an informed decision. Your family and background might not be anything like what I suggested, so no offence but a lot are. Oh, and talking of generalisations some people on benefits do mow their lawn. Sweeping generalisations are fun aren't they?
I'd suggest that rather than helping an informed decision they actually hinder it because we are starting off from a position of predjudice. We are then more likely to only see what backs up this predjudice, because we are not predisposed to changing long held views.
Devil2575 said:
Generalisations may well be a natural cognitive process that helps eliminate risk, but I'd challenge the assertion that they are a starting point for an informed decision.
I'd suggest that rather than helping an informed decision they actually hinder it because we are starting off from a position of predjudice. We are then more likely to only see what backs up this predjudice, because we are not predisposed to changing long held views.
Well, they`d help me (and most other people evidently) make an informed decision in this instance. I'd suggest that rather than helping an informed decision they actually hinder it because we are starting off from a position of predjudice. We are then more likely to only see what backs up this predjudice, because we are not predisposed to changing long held views.
Without generalising we couldn`t function. Your use of predjudice hints at stereotyping which is a totally different thing. Stereotyping obviously should be avoided but generalising is a natural mental process and cannot be stopped.
Devil2575 said:
Highlighting what? Your assumption that most people who "don't care" haven't worked for their money?
No, highlighting just like that mumsnet thread, that many people see cars as disposable items and therefore don't understand nor respect others who actually care about their car and/or whom worked hard to pay for it. My experience is yes, most people I encounter who either have a silver spoon (and hence don't realise the value of things) or a benefits cheating scum haven't had to work hard to pay for something and hence have no respect for it. Either their own property or others.Generations like my parents, or grandparents had to earn a car an hence looked after it. Look how many "£20 a week" finance deals you can get on cars etc now, and I bet a lot of those people have no idea of the real value as a result, working or not. All my cars are paid for in full, and I didn't buy them until I could afford to do so. I'm sure you'll retort with some provocative comment however...
3xpendable said:
No, highlighting just like that mumsnet thread, that many people see cars as disposable items and therefore don't understand nor respect others who actually care about their car and/or whom worked hard to pay for it. My experience is yes, most people I encounter who either have a silver spoon (and hence don't realise the value of things) or a benefits cheating scum haven't had to work hard to pay for something and hence have no respect for it. Either their own property or others.
Generations like my parents, or grandparents had to earn a car an hence looked after it. Look how many "£20 a week" finance deals you can get on cars etc now, and I bet a lot of those people have no idea of the real value as a result, working or not. All my cars are paid for in full, and I didn't buy them until I could afford to do so. I'm sure you'll retort with some provocative comment however...
Generations like my parents, or grandparents had to earn a car an hence looked after it. Look how many "£20 a week" finance deals you can get on cars etc now, and I bet a lot of those people have no idea of the real value as a result, working or not. All my cars are paid for in full, and I didn't buy them until I could afford to do so. I'm sure you'll retort with some provocative comment however...
Get back to your Daily Mail, we don't want another thread of 'I bought all of my cars with cash and look down upon anyone who does anything else...' Incidentally on the flipside many people leasing new cars on cheap deals may be more inclined to look after it as it is shiny and new which for a non petrolhead is up their with the colour in importance terms. Lease companies tend to be quite picky about the condition a car is handed back to them at the end of the term, so that is another reason for the owners will be concious of the condition of their car. I agree to a point that some people have no respect or sense of value when it comes to their own and over peoples cars but it is hardly something you can blame on the way people finance them for the vast majority of people.
Paulm4 said:
We have a beaten up old Mk4 Golf that my wife uses. After a long week of carefully driving my company car I find it a revelation! Park it wherever you want, anyone dings it and you wouldn't even notice. You can usually get a space in the multistorey easily as there is a few spaces with a pillar on either side that tight enough to make people scared to park in them. Squeeze the golf in, lift the kids out through the boot, bingo!
Your drive your company car carefully? Erm, why?S3_Graham said:
Europa1 said:
Blakewater said:
If it had been somewhere I was staying there might have been similar damage to the furniture, etc. A scrape down the side of my car from someone who couldn't judge a parking space cost me £300 to have put right.
If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts make for such depressing reading.If you want an insight into the mind of someone who annoys you when out with your car, you can always find them on Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cars/1734005-Carpark-S...
Some of those Mumsnet posts
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